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August 01, 2024
The Michigan Supreme Court raised the minimum wage and dramatically expanded the number of employers who must soon provide workers with paid sick leave in a blockbuster end-of-term ruling Wednesday that adds new compliance burdens and potential liability for employers, attorneys told Law360.
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August 01, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor has urged a Washington federal court to toss a farmworker union's challenge to policies governing the prevailing wage, saying the union's issues actually stem from how state officials interpreted federal rules governing the wage rate.
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August 01, 2024
Federal labor law doesn't preempt some claims from unionized hospital workers in Pennsylvania over incorrect overtime pay, a federal judge determined, saying interpretation of a labor contract laying out the calculation of wage rates and pension contributions isn't necessary to resolve those allegations.
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August 01, 2024
A Black attorney sued Duane Morris LLP in California federal court, alleging the firm systemically underpaid female and nonwhite attorneys while also engaging in an employee misclassification scheme that allowed it to offload firm expenses onto nonequity partners.
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August 01, 2024
Aftermarket auto parts company Parts Authority schemed to target new immigrants, mostly from Guyana, to work as cheap labor at a New York warehouse, one former Guyanese employee alleged in a potential class action filed in New York federal court.
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August 01, 2024
The compact that created the bistate Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission gave the commission the authority to require contractors to use project labor agreements in a publicly bid construction project, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
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August 01, 2024
The long-awaited U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration's proposed workplace heat safety rule, which would require paid breaks, raises questions about the agency's authority to regulate break time while nevertheless highlighting how much leeway it has to protect workers, attorneys say.
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August 01, 2024
Five corporate pilots for a Las Vegas casino performed non-manual labor and are therefore exempt from overtime requirements under federal law, the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday, upholding a Nevada federal court's decision.
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August 01, 2024
A recent New Jersey Supreme Court ruling "dramatically changes the landscape and scope" of a former Reed Smith LLP attorney's discrimination suit, the firm has told a state court judge in a brief asking that discovery and damages be limited and one claim be dismissed.
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August 01, 2024
Two experienced employment defense lawyers are joining a California-based women-owned boutique whose clients have included big companies such as shipping giant UPS and software company Microsoft, the firm said Thursday.
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August 01, 2024
Two New Jersey construction companies and their owners and managers will pay $600,000 in back wages and damages to end a U.S. Department of Labor suit alleging they denied workers overtime rates and tried to cover it up.
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August 01, 2024
The crude oil that a worker transported travels outside of Texas and thus is part of an interstate trip, the Fifth Circuit ruled, flipping a district court's decision that the Motor Carrier Act exemption didn't apply to a transporter who sought unpaid overtime.
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August 01, 2024
The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that ride-hail drivers bringing claims under the state's Private Attorneys General Act lack standing to intervene in a separate case that reached a settlement.
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August 01, 2024
A realty group in Texas paid more than $150,000 in back wages and damages for misclassifying 37 workers, the U.S. Department of Labor announced.
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July 31, 2024
A Nevada federal court has rejected a $335 million deal that would end claims from mixed martial arts fighters accusing Ultimate Fighting Championship of suppressing their wages, setting up a potential trial later this year.
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July 31, 2024
A Washington state court rejected a hospital system's attempt to undo its nearly $230 million loss in a class wage and hour case, ruling Wednesday that jurors reasonably relied on expert damages calculations, while also signing off on a roughly $70 million attorney fee award for class counsel.
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July 31, 2024
A decision from the U.S. Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board to debar a painting contractor in Minnesota is sustained, a federal judge ruled, saying the company didn't show how the agency abused its discretion with its order over allegedly unpaid prevailing wages.
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July 31, 2024
A Colorado federal judge has declined to consolidate two collective wage actions against DaVita Inc., saying she is skeptical of a former nurse's arguments that the parallel cases would create extra expenses for the parties, and the judge is reluctant to halt one case to wait for the other to catch up.
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July 31, 2024
A group of Democratic lawmakers introduced a bill Wednesday that would overhaul civil rights law and eliminate the tipped minimum wage, re-upping a yearslong effort to expand protections that advocates say are crucial to filling in gaps and loopholes in current statutes.
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July 31, 2024
A worker who claimed that one of the country's largest chicken producers misclassified her as overtime-exempt told a Colorado federal judge she reached a settlement with the company to end her proposed collective action.
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July 31, 2024
A California federal judge has given an initial stamp of approval to a $300,000 settlement between a mortgage company and a class of its employees, ending claims that the company failed to pay hourly wages or provide meal and rest breaks.
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July 31, 2024
A school district in New York violated federal law when it refused to fairly pay a teacher after he took time off to serve in the Army National Guard, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a new lawsuit.
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July 31, 2024
Massachusetts state court judges refereed a damages dispute between a real estate titan and a Big Four consultant, ruled in favor of allegedly underpaid healthcare workers and untangled a defamation suit over a labor executive's old social media posts, among other notable rulings during the month of July.
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July 31, 2024
The Fourth Circuit upheld a Baltimore gas company's win over a former mechanic's lawsuit alleging he was unlawfully terminated for taking medical leave because of a diabetes-related condition, ruling Wednesday that suspicions of dishonesty provided a credible reason for letting him go.
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July 31, 2024
Two construction workers' suit claiming a company didn't pay them overtime can head back to a New York federal court, the Second Circuit ruled Wednesday, saying that the duo supported their claims that the entity was their employer.